Chief Knowledge Officer

Posts about the work of the Chief Knowledge Officer's directorate

Life expectancy continues to rise, but inequalities remain

...and life expectancy at the bottom of the line. A similar chart can be drawn for female life expectancy. The SII represents the range in years of life expectancy across...

Beyond big data: Bringing people together to improve cancer outcomes

It was just a year ago at the 2013 Cancer Outcomes Conference that we announced the completion of the migration to a single National Cancer Registration Service - described by the media as “the largest single cancer database in the …

The ordinary person: measuring height and weight in adults

“To tall men I’m a midget and to short men I’m a giant; to the skinny ones I’m a fat man and to the fat ones I’m a thin man….. In fact I’m quite ordinary.” So says the Ordinary Man …